Is Direct TV C or Ku?

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 04:48:08 GMT, "Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote:

>Just wondering what would happen if one were to hook the coax from a BUD (C
>or Ku whatever it takes) to a Dish Network or Direct TV receiver. Would the
>signal be over driven or would you just get a good strong signal, OR is it
>not combatable at all?
>
>~Ben
>

Technically, DirecTV/Dishnet are Ku, but in common parlance they are
DBS, which is a sub band of Ku.

You will get nothing connecting C-band to a DBS receiver, simply
because nothing on C-band broadcasts an Echostar or DirecTV compatible
signal. I don't know if they can account for the inverted IF spectrum
a C-band LNBF puts out. On FSS Ku, there might be some echostar
compatible stuff on IA5.

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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:00:23 -0500, john wilson <jwilson9@erols.com>
wrote:

>Won't work. Different Ku band frequency range.
>

Its not that, exactly. The IF-the signal on the coax, is the same
frquency range. The problem, in practice, is the transponders are
different, and there is no "echostar" compatible DVB on C-band.

>Ben wrote:
>
>>Just wondering what would happen if one were to hook the coax from a BUD (C
>>or Ku whatever it takes) to a Dish Network or Direct TV receiver. Would the
>>signal be over driven or would you just get a good strong signal, OR is it
>>not combatable at all?
>>
>>~Ben
>>
>>
>>
>>